By LEAH SMALL
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – When a police helicopter was flying overhead searching for a criminal suspect in Virginia Beach, Christopher Willingham did something he now acknowledges was “stupid”: He pointed a green laser at the helicopter – temporarily blinding the pilot and halting the search.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A church in North Stafford was burglarized and now lawn its care equipment is missing.
A sheriff’s deputy was called to the Stafford Korean Baptist Church on Onville Road, just off Va. 610, on Tuesday when the a riding lawnmower, push mower, gas, and other items were reported stolen from a shed. The burglary happened between 8 and 10:30 a.m., said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – A female student reported she was inappropriately touched by a male student during class at Woodbridge Middle School.
The 12-year-old student went to the school’s guidance staff about noon last Wednesday, May 2, to report that a male student had touched her breasts, through her shirt, at least 30 times since the beginning of the school year, according to the victim’s father whose name is being witheld for the safety of the alleged victim.
By CHARLES COUCH and AMIR VERA
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – After months of an undercover investigation in 2008, a Yorktown County police officer finally had enough evidence to charge Brandon Gomez, then 18, with intent to distribute marijuana.
UPDATE
Officials searched the building and reported finding no bomb.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — At the end of a three-hour ordeal in Stafford County on Friday, detectives found a backpack filled with drugs on an island in the Rappahannock River.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy stopped a truck in the area of U.S. 1 at the Falmouth Bridge, a span that connects Fredericksburg and Stafford County over the Rappahannock, about 9:35 a.m. Friday. Authorities said the driver had defective equipment on his car and a license plate displayed in the front window.
UNLOCKED CARS STILL A PROBLEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
By URIAH KISER
STAFFORD, Va. — It’s the day after a bomb threat disrupted life for students, teachers, and parents at Rodney Thompson Middle School.
Now that bomb sniffing dogs have cleared the scene and classes are back in session at the Stafford County school, the investigation is underway into who threatened to bomb the school.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Prince William County elementary school principal is being investigated by police.
The county’s school system announced Monday Kilby Elementary School Principal Jenny Bermant is placed in administrative leave following an internal investigation by security personnel. The results of the investigation were turned over to the police department for further examination, according to a statement from the schools.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A taxicab driver was carjacked in Woodbridge early Monday.
Police were called to Prince William Parkway and York Drive at 2:45 a.m., where the driver told officers he was stopped at a traffic light when his fare began to assault him and then ordered him out of the cab. The driver got out, the fare hopped into the front seat and then drove away, according to police documents.
